Les C. Copeland’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American ragtime composer
Was Musician 
Composer 
Pianist 
From United States of America 
Type Music 
Gender male
Birth 4 June 1887, Wichita
Death 3 March 1942, San Francisco
(aged 54 years)

Leslie C. Copeland (June 4, 1887 – March 3, 1942) was an American composer and pianist. As a boy, he played in Lew Dockstader’s minstrel troupe, the Lew Dockstader Minstrels. He later sold ragtime compositions to Jerome H. Remick and others. Some of his performances are preserved on piano rolls. He died in San Francisco, California.

Compositions

His playing and composing style was very distinctive, harkening back to the earliest days of ragtime.

  • Cabbage Leaf Rag
  • Invitation Rag
  • The Dockstader Rag
  • 38th Street Rag (Les Copeland’s Rag)
  • 42nd Street Rag (with Jack Smith)
  • French Pastry Rag
  • Bees and Honey Rag
  • Race Track Blues
  • Rocky Mountain Fox
  • Twist and Twirl
  • Ivoryland
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